Meanings
comparative more polymathic · superlative most polymathic
- Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.
In advance of a show of his drawings at New York’s Pace Gallery, the polymathic performer answered T’s Artist’s Questionnaire.
2022 February 2, Max Abelson, “The Name of This Interviewee Is David Byrne”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
Is it uncharitable to want a book that achieves so much to do more? Perhaps. Taken on its own terms, “The Human Age” is a dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious.
2014 September 5, Rob Nixon, “Future Footprints”, in New York TimesSynonyms: multiscious, omnierudite
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 博學的 /博学的
- 博學的 /博学的 (bóxuéde)pertaining to polymathy
French polymathique
- polymathiquepertaining to polymathy
Indonesian polimatik
- polimatikpertaining to polymathy
Spanish polifacético
- polifacéticopertaining to polymathy
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polymathic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymathic
“polymathic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymathic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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